How much has today's economy impacted healthcare IT? Find the answers in the third edition of Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market. Available in PDF format, this report is based on an analysis of current data taken from the HIMSS Analytics Database (derived from the Dorenfest IHDS+ Database(TM) ). Essentials provides a current and composite overview of the US hospital IT market including a 5-Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate market spend forecast and overviews for 16 healthcare IT applications. Published May, 2008.

FDS installations are increasing, and hospitals are replacing their legacy systems with new budgeting, case mix management, contract management and cost accounting software. Which vendors are key for planned FDS purchases? Read this HIMSS Analytics Market Overview report from the HIMSS AnalyticsTM Database (derived from the Dorenfest IHDS+ DatabaseTM).

FM applications (i.e. A/P, general ledger and materials management) have 90%-plus installation rates. Hospitals are favoring a single vendor solution, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) is emerging. This Market Overview . from the HIMSS Analytics. Database (derived from the Dorenfest IHDS+ Database.) . reviews the top 10 installed and contracted FM systems.

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